• Chimera Book 1 – Compendium #1

    As both actor, Dan Snelgrove rests his vocal chords and artist, Phil Cooper puts his paint brushes down for a well-deserved break, I wanted to bring everything Chimera-related together in one celebratory compendium. All in… Read more

  • Seasalter, November (2020)

    We drove out to some of the scrappier edges of Seasalter at the end of last week, to see the reeds with their great feathered heads. It was a textural delight of deft cross-hatching and… Read more

  • Of Service (2020)

    I responded very strongly to the visual prompts for the Kick-About #15, particularly Eric Ravilious’ image of the high-end interiors shop, A Pollard. It says more about me, I suppose, that I detected some shadow… Read more

  • Artist-In-Residence: Tom Beg #8

    It’s been a while since we heard from Japan-based artist, animator and filmmaker, Tom Beg. Is this because Tom has been twiddling his thumbs or resting on his laurels? Hardly. In addition to teaching English… Read more

  • Throwback Friday #31 Snails & Spiders (1993)

    Back in the day, I wanted to work in the movies, building animatronic puppets and larger-than-life monstrosities. You can blame the likes of Rick Baker and Rob Bottin for my fascinations, the transformation from An… Read more

  • Phil Cooper / Painting Chimera #8

    “Things move quickly in Chapter 12; we meet several new important characters and discover new important places. It’s a rather dizzying experience and I can only image that Kyp’s head was spinning by the end… Read more

  • Chimera Book 1 / Chapter 12 – The Phawt-Gnoks Oligarchy

    Welcome to Chapter 12 of Chimera Book 1. Apologies, loyal listener, yes, we’re running late again, but I think when you listen to this chapter, which is a tour de force of voice talent, you… Read more

  • The Kick-About #15 ‘High Street’

    After the informality of our collective Boogie Doodle, this week’s responses take as their starting points the urbane visions of Eric Ravilious’ High Street, beguiling in their nostalgia and just as bitter-sweet considering our current… Read more

  • Throwback Friday #30 The Hoover Bag In Tweed – Illustrations (1997)

    Back in July, I rediscovered a collection of ancient 3 inch floppy discs and CDs dating from my years as an undergraduate, which makes this data storage technology (and the work it contains) 23 years… Read more

  • Chimera Conversations @ Hedgecrows

    Originally posted on Hedgecrows: https://reds-kingdom.blog/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/img_6328.jpg Concrete Eagle, illustration for Chimera, by Phil Gomm. Chapter 11, ‘A dark shape swooped suddenly from above…’, mixed media on paper, 40 x 40 xm Sorry if you’ve received two… Read more

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